Out-of-field dose studies with an anthropomorphic phantom: Comparison of X-rays and particle therapy treatments

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 133-138

  La Tessa, Chiara ^a   Berger, Thomas ^b   Kaderka, Robert ^a   Schardt, Dieter ^a   Körner, Christine ^b   Ramm, Ulla ^c   Licher, Jörg ^c   Matsufuji, Nakahiro ^d   Vallhagen Dahlgren, Christina ^e   Lomax, Tony ^f   Reitz, Günther ^b   Durante, Marco ^a,g  

^a GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^b Institute of Aerospace Medicine   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^g DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon ions; Hadrontherapy; Out of field dose; Protons; X rays

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMORPHIC RANDO PHANTOM; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; ION THERAPY; OUT OF FIELD DOSE; PHANTOM; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; SIMULATION; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME; X RAY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; X-RAYS;

EID: 84868349093     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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